Gail Kimberling and Dave Kimberling returned home on Oct. 5, to find crews from the Oregon Department of Forestry, North Lincoln Fire and Rescue, U.S. Forest Service and members of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office working to warn nearby residents of a fire that started near the Kimberlings’ home on Kimberling Mountain Road in Otis last Friday. ODF officials are investigating the cause of the fire, which put the
residents of 12 other homes on alert for potential evacuation, according to Michael Curran, ODF Wildland Fire Supervisor for Lincoln and Tillamook Counties. The Kimberlings were not home at the time, but Gail said that they learned of the fire when the phone started ringing off the hook and her son heard about the fire while he was at the hardware store. (Photo courtesy of Gail Kimberling)

OTIS – Five days after crews doused a five-acre fire on Kimberling Mountain Road in Otis, the homeowner said that crews are still finding hotspots in the trees.